An Eclectic Collection of Stories and Stuff to Represent our Lives

This cousin thing is seriously cool. My mother has one brother and we never really got to know his daughter because she lived so far away. My father was an only child. So we didn't really have any of the cousin fun that most families grow up with. Funnily enough my nieces and nephews are close enough to my age that they were very similar to what most cousins are.

Little E on the other hand is already surrounded by cousinly friends. This last week she got to hang with Princess all week long. My sister is spending some time at my parents while her husband works on the home they are going to move into in Boise. Its been so fun to have them both here.

My dad has always been such a cute grandpa. I can remember when my 11 year old niece was a toddler. She would walk right out of his reach to get his attention and give him a flirtatious look like "don't you want to hold me?" and when he would reach for her she would run away from him until he lost interest. Then she would do it all over again. It was very entertaining.

Now he gets to flirt with a new batch of babes. He was the best at making princess laugh. She even did some high pitched shrieks that her mother had never heard before.
Little E is always very coy with him too. He makes her laugh and then she looks away like that can keep him from ticking her. Good luck with that. I still can't keep him from tickling me! And I'm 22 and have way less of a cute laugh!



Trek was my rescuer the other day when Michael threw a new toilet paper roll up to me from the basement and didn't have a good aim. Trek fetched it like a pro so I thought I would try it on video. He didn't do so well this time. He thought it was a lot of fun to kill the toilet paper instead.



We had a really neat experience when we went to Boise to visit my sister last moth. We were able to attend her stake conference where Jeffrey R Holland was speaking. His talk was truly inspiring and it was impossible not to feel the athority and the spirit that surrounded him. After his talk was finished we were out in the hall and he walked right past us. He stopped and shook both of our hands and then looked at little E. He said, "Hi there pumpkin! Why your beautiful. Where did you get those blue eyes?" It was such a neat experience that both of us teared up a little afterwards. I am so greatful for a God who loves us and has sent wise and loving men to take care of us and to lead us back to his loving presence.
Here is a picture of the cute babes from that day.


We have had a lot of birthdays around here lately. My Dad and Mom and Grandma Phyllis have all had birthdays. Grandma turned 91 can you beleive it! She still looked beautiful. But what do you expect from someone who was a model in her younger years? Here is a picture of her and her good friend Marge. I was able to take Marge up to see her this week. It really raised both of their spirits to have a nice girls day!


I was able to make cup cakes for my moms birthday and Little E was a huge help in the cooking process. Its always nice to have an assistant to keep track of those silly measuring cups!

We no longer have bath time every night before bed because Little E's skin dries out too much if we do. But she truly enjoys the nights that she does get to take a bath. Her dad always has lots of fun with her before bedtime and I think that she enjoys having a little time to be a "free spirit!" Who needs a diaper anyways?

We had another visitor this week. A moose calf thinks that this area is pretty cool and has been walking through our yards about once a day for the past two weeks. He is huge and I am so glad that I haven't met him walking through the yard by myself yet!


Here is a really funny clip of Little E eating dinner one night. She was being an extremely picky eater and I couldn't figure out why. She thought I was trying to poison her or something.



This is one of the sweetest pictures that I have taken yet. Little E likes to sleep on her back now because then she can lay on top of her silky and get a line right down the middle of her face from it. I caught this picture during one of her napes the day before she turned 9 months. Isn't she so long? She is already 29+ inches! That's a pair of 12 month pajamas that are already a little tight on her. Sigh, they grow too fast.


Some things that I have been doing:
-Sewing baby stuff
-Making bows to sell at a store
-Doing lots of dishes
-Taking naps
-Going for walks on the nice days when its a whole 50 degrees outside!

I actually made this little wearable blanket as an experiment. I didn't even have a pattern! I am so proud of myself! Just so you know snaps for baby clothes are of the devil! You have to pound them with a hammer! Who ever heard of using a hammer for sewing?
Well, that's what has been going on in our lives. I hope that you are all enjoying this wonderful March! Can you beleive its already the third month of the year?! Wow. Little E will be a year old in May. That is just plain crazy.
Love ya!